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Musée des Arts et Métiers

About

The Musée des Arts et Métiers is a tru­ly unique ex­pe­ri­ence – more of an ad­ven­ture through tech­no­log­i­cal his­to­ry than a sta­t­ic col­lec­tion. Wan­der­ing its halls, you're sur­round­ed by an in­cred­i­bly di­verse dis­play of sci­en­tif­ic in­stru­ments, in­ven­tions, and artis­tic cre­ations. It's awe-in­spir­ing to stand be­fore leg­endary ob­jects like Fou­cault's pen­du­lum, a mes­mer­iz­ing demon­stra­tion of Earth­'s ro­ta­tion,

or the in­tri­cate mod­els of Leonar­do da Vin­ci's vi­sion­ary fly­ing ma­chines. Each ex­hib­it un­veils the sto­ries be­hind ground­break­ing in­no­va­tions that have rev­o­lu­tion­ized trans­porta­tion, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and man­u­fac­tur­ing. Pre­pare to be cap­ti­vat­ed by the com­plex in­ner work­ings of an­tique clocks, weav­ing looms, and ear­ly com­put­ers, all while gain­ing a new­found ap­pre­ci­a­tion for hu­mankind's con­stant dri­ve to in­no­vate.

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Opening hours
Friday10:00 - 21:00Saturday10:00 - 18:00Sunday10:00 - 18:00MondayClosedTuesday10:00 - 18:00Wednesday10:00 - 18:00Thursday10:00 - 18:00